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Date:      Sun, 8 Jan 2012 14:47:11 +0000
From:      Chris Rees <crees@freebsd.org>
To:        Martin Kropfinger <freebsd@rakor-net.de>
Cc:        freebsd-ports@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: How to handle config files
Message-ID:  <CADLo83_jZHRWnNZ3mnWg3q51ivoYYKU7S4cUACmaf%2BBak5TVig@mail.gmail.com>
In-Reply-To: <20120108135933.51867668@rakor-net.de>
References:  <20120108135933.51867668@rakor-net.de>

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On 8 January 2012 12:59, Martin Kropfinger <freebsd@rakor-net.de> wrote:
> Hi there!
>
> The porters handbook describes a way to handle config files:
>
> http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en/books/porters-handbook/plist-config.html
>
> It is recommended to do it this way for keeping changed files after
> deinstallation on the system. But the example is not really clear to me.
>
> What does this line do:
> @exec if [ ! -f %D/etc/orbit.conf ] ; then cp -p %D/%F %B/orbit.conf; fi
>
> Nothing is said about those variables... %D (which seems to be
> %%PREFIX%%) and %F or %B.
>
> Can anyone give me some help?

man pkg_create will tell you all about these variables :)

Chris



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